Second-year wide receiver Elijah Moore made headlines yesterday when he became the second Jets pass catcher to request a trade in the past two months. The frustration leading to the request had been building for weeks, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, as Moore hasn’t quite found the success and production he saw in his rookie season. The team sent him home from practice for a “personal day” yesterday and are not considering trading the 22-year-old.
The other receiver who requested a trade was New York’s second-round draft pick from the year before the Jets selected Moore in the second round: Denzel Mims. Mims has been a healthy scratch for the team’s first six games of the season and, according to him, a trade is “still on the table.”
Here are a few other rumors out of the AFC East, starting with some injury details up in Massachusetts:
- Patriots safety and core special teamer Cody Davis was placed on injured reserve earlier this week. According to the Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the move is a result of season-ending surgery Davis must undergo to repair a knee injury. It’s a tough loss for the Patriots, who have always valued special teams experts, and a return to the NFL next season will pose a difficult test for Davis, who will turn 34 before he can return.
- Veteran linebacker Jamie Collins has been serving time with his first career stint on an NFL practice squad during his tenth year in the league. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick seemed to indicate that Collins’ offseason surgery is the reason he’s not on the active roster, according to Mike Reiss of ESPN. Belichick insinuated that there’s a conditioning process that Collins will have to go through in order to earn a promotion to the active roster.
- Although Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones is eligible to return from the team’s physically unable to perform list, the veteran starter is still not ready to play, according to Charean Williams of NBC Sports. Jones is still recovering from a March surgery on his ankle/Achilles area, even though head coach Mike McDaniel claimed multiple times that the team expected Jones back in time for the regular season. Instead, Jones remains on PUP and there is, reportedly, no timeline for his return.
Jets should trade Moore and Mims
They’re on the right track and need team guys not me guys.
You have Wilson you have Davis you have Barrios spent money on Uzomah and Conklin.
Jets could use another good draft to set themselves up long term. Might as well trade them for guys who are going to buy in.
Idk if Mims is a me guy, he just wants to play. It’s hard to do that when you’re a healthy scratch each week.
Mims refusal to learn a playbook and demand a trade is definitely that of a me guy.
Wanna play? Learn the playbook.
As much time as he missed in his career he should have been studying the playbook night and day.
His refusal to learn routes is just mind boggling to me. Even out of Baylor he was raw but he’s not improved up his trade much.
Mims will be active in Denver this week as Davis is being kept home.
Elijah Moore is being kept home. I haven’t heard anything about that for Corey Davis.
Jung, I’ve never heard or read anything close to what you’re claiming. Refused to learn routes?!
Mims refusal to learn a playbook and demand a trade is definitely that of a me guy.
Wanna play? Learn the playbook.
As much time as he missed in his career he should have been studying the playbook night and day.
His refusal to learn routes is just mind boggling to me. Even out of Baylor he was raw but he’s not improved up his trade much.
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